World's 100 best beaches - 3 from Malaysia lah! ... CNN.com

World's 100 best beaches - CNN.com:

(CNN) -- Is it possible to rank the world's best beaches?

Of course it is. This is the Internet.

Will everyone agree with our ranking, murmuring respectfully among themselves about how perfectly accurate every placement is?

Maybe not. This is the Internet.

But that's why we've scoured the planet, demanded answers from our most well traveled friends, colleagues and cohorts, absorbed passionate pleas from readers, researched, investigated and examined the evidence then finally tipped the sand from our shoes, washed the brine from our eyes and put together a pretty good guide to the best beaches on the planet.

Now we turn it over to you.

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Polls boost sale of 'udang galah' - New Straits Times

Polls boost sale of 'udang galah' - General - New Straits Times:

TASTY DELICACY: Giant freshwater prawns draw politicians and supporters from all sides to Rompin

ROMPIN: THE sweltering heat, from both the scorching sun and the election campaign, has also increased the sale for udang galah,  synonymous with Rompin town.

Although it is not the prime season for the giant freshwater prawns, politicians and supporters from both sides continue to enjoy udang galah dishes, mostly available at the rustic restaurants at Leban Chondong here.

Handling the live prawns at his family restaurant, Rosdan Rawi said customers, including those from Singapore, always stopped by to purchase the live prawns or enjoy the special dishes here.

"Party workers also come here frequently for the prawns. It's a prized catch nowadays as the main season ended in March," said the 25-year-old freelance electrical engineer.

In the past few weeks, he said his restaurant could only get between four and eight live prawns daily.

Pointing to pieces of shredded prawns at the bottom of the holding tank, Rosdan said male prawns were cannibalistic in nature and would turn on each other if they are hungry.

"Once I received 10kg of live prawns. By the next day, only 9kg were left, with pieces of prawn meat in the water," he said, adding in jest that the prawns were acting like political rivals.

Barisan Nasional candidate for Muadzam Shah state seat Datuk Maznah Mazlan said the udang galah here were more succulent and best served in sweet and sour sauce.

"Those caught in Sungai Rompin have a distinctive taste and I was lucky to have sampled some at an eatery in Leban Chondong last week."

Her rival from PKR, Muhamad Nordin Pa' Wan Chik, admitted that he frequented Leban Chondong to purchase the prawns.

"My wife cooks it in curry and serves it for the whole family," said Nordin, who would normally buy 2kg of the medium-sized prawns.

Fisherman Mohd Hanipah Abd Manan, 49, said he sold the A grade live udang galah (about 150g each) at RM45 per kg, while the B grade (between 40 and 150g per prawn) was sold at RM33 per kg.

The restaurants here would normally sell the live ones at between RM48 and RM68 per kg and the frozen ones at between RM30 and RM60 per kg. Customers preferring the cooked prawns would have to pay between RM55 and RM75 for each kg, depending on the size of the prawns.

"Whatever the outcome of the election, udang galah will continue to bring people of different backgrounds and political inclinations here," said Hanipah, who has been catching prawns and fish in Sungai Rompin for 32 years.